Cap. X Arg. VI: principate forces the issue — non-futurity of faith in some cannot rest on bare foresight; will decrees efficacious operation or its denial
That granted: since it is certain and defined for God from eternity that in some men neither repentance nor faith nor perseverance will ever come to be, where do we lodge the principate over these non-futures in the divine will? We cannot say God’s eternal will or some divine decree effects or begets unbelief, impenitence, and apostasy in those men—for God is not author of what he avenges. Nor is it enough to say he foresaw from eternity that such men, given sufficient grace to repent, believe, and persevere, would by their own malice prove impenitent, unbelieving, or apostate. That gives God infallible foresight of futures and non-futures, but still leaves the human will the principal determination of whether those things will exist or not.
Latin
Hoc posito, cum ab aeterno certum Deo sit et definitum, quod in quibusdam hominibus nec poenitentia, nec fides, nec perseverantia unquam sit futura, quaeso quorsum reducemus harum rerum non futurarum principatum ad Divinam voluntatem? Non possumus affirmare aeternam Dei voluntatem, aut decretum aliquod Divinum, in istis hominibus efficere sive gignere infidelitatem, impoenitentiam et apostasiam: Deus enim autor non est ejus rei cujus est ultor. Neque sufficit dicere, Deum ab aeterno praevidisse, quod tales homines, administrata illis gratia sufficienti ad poenitendum, credendum et perseverandum, propria sua malitia exsisterent impoenitentes, infideles aut apostatae. Nam hoc Deo quidem tribuit rerum futurarum aut non futurarum praescientiam infallibilem, sed interim humanae voluntati adscribit de futura earundem existentia aut non-futura determinationem principalem.